Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank all the witnesses for their testimony and co-operation in answering questions from my colleagues.
With the time that I have, I'm going to focus on Superintendent Byrne.
As a new parliamentarian, I was intrigued by your summary of evidence. I read that very carefully. I left a 30-year law career, the last 18 of which I was a Crown prosecutor. I do appreciate your commentary with respect to the challenges in prosecuting matters. That won't be my focus.
My focus is really on one of the elephants in the room that we've dealt with over the course of several weeks. I'd like your perspective, from law enforcement, as to what type of Canada you would envision should this committee, and ultimately the government, recommend repealing this particular act. Before you answer that.... We've heard from a number of witnesses. One in particular comes to mind, whose commentary was that Canada would turn into the brothel of the north and it would be a free-for-all for the sex industry.
I'd like to hear your perspective as an experienced police officer on that question.